School: Teampull Dubhglaise (roll number 6968)
- Location:
- Drumbologe, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seán C. Ó Dómhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1083, Page 200
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“There were three brothers one time. Their names were - Hidilty, Didilty, and Domakinary.”
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“There were three men one time who had no English. They went to a man to learn them English.”
There were three men one time who had no English. They went to a man to learn them English. To first man he learned "us three" to the second "a hundred pounds" and to the third "we well deserve it."
They went along the road and they saw a dead man.
The guard came along and asked the first who killed the man and he said "us three." He asked the second what did he kill him for, he said, "a hundred pounds" He said to the third you people will be taken to prison the third said "we well deserve it" and they were taken to prison.(continues on next page)